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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

The Daily Drift

The Daily Drift
Today's horoscope says:
If you haven't been feeling it already, today you should really start to sense that there's a new beginning right around the corner.
New ideas, new situations and -- most importantly -- new people are going to start influencing your life in some challenging, but wonderful ways.
You'll be asked to reach deep down and gather up the best of what you have to offer.
It's time to grow in a new direction, so be open to suggestions and recommendations.

Some of our readers today have been in:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Paris, Ile-De-France, France
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Sittard, Limburg, Netherlands
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Daganzo De Arriba, Madrid, Spain
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

as well as England, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Serbia, Bangladesh, Latvia, Greece, Scotland, Hong Kong, Denmark, Wales, Iran, Singapore, Taiwan, Sweden, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Belgium, India, Croatia, Pakistan, Romania, Finland, Korea,  Argentina, Vietnam, Egypt, Russia, South Korea, Indonesia, Puerto Rico, Brazil, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, China, Iraq, Ecuador, Nigeria, Morocco, Chile, Honduras and in cities across the United States such as Fargo, Bronx, Mesa, Irving and more.

Today is:
Today is Tuesday, December 7, the 341st day of 2010.
There are 24 days left in the year.


On Dec. 7, 1941, Imperial Japanese warplanes attacked the US Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, as well as other American and British bases in the Pacific; the raids prompted the United States to enter World War II.

Today's unusual holiday or celebration is:
National Cotton Candy Day.

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Wingnut (ill)Logic

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The amazing ability to not see that both of the above scenarios are wrong is just another 'skill' the wingnuts possess.

Island nation vanishing

Rising seas threaten the economy, homes, and very existence of an island nation.  
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    Look out

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    Someone just got punk'd.

    Legendary QB, announcer dies

    Don Meredith starred for Dallas and brought a folksy charm to the original Monday Night Football.  
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      World's priciest book sold

      Wealthy collectors from the literary world have been anticipating the rare treasure's sale for months.  
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      Awesome Pictures

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      Photos of Pearl Harbor attacks

      Scenes of burning battleships and circling bombers reveal the infamous attacks' destruction.
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      RMS Titanic Only Existing Footage


      Here is a rare video of  the Titanic under construction at the Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast. Construction, funded by J.P. Morgan’s International Mercantile Marine Co., began in March, 1909.

      The Last Full Measure

      The Liljenquist family collected thousands of photographs of Civil War soldiers over the years. Brandon Liljenquist saw a collection of war photographs from Iraq and Afghanistan and was inspired to make the Civil War photos public. This year, the family donated 400 of those pictures to the Library of Congress for a collection called The Last Full Measure.
      Laying out the photographs at home for the last time, and thinking about the collection in a whole new light, I couldn’t help but notice how similar the faces of these boys were to those we’d seen in The Washington Post. Here were the young men who did most of the fighting and dying. In their eyes and the eyes of their loved ones, I could see the full range of human emotion. It was all here: the bravado, the fear, the readiness, the weariness, the pride and the anguish. The loneliness in their long, distant stares overwhelmed me.
      The original photographs will be on display next year in Washington, but are available now online.

      Shoe

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      Cyberbullies use fake profile

      One mom was shocked to learn other kids had forged a fake online identity for her child.  
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      U.S. education rank tumbles

      A precipitous slide in teens' performance could cost a lot more than national pride.  
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      The very essense of a politician

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      The 25-year foreclosure fight

      Patsy Campbell hasn’t made a mortgage payment on her house since 1985.  
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        Flaws found in new $100 bills

        Officials are forced to quarantine a tenth of the U.S. cash supply after printing goes "drastically wrong."  
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          Tax cuts and your money

          Look for ways to grab deductions and defer income as a result of Obama’s deal.  
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          New Financial Term Definitions

          CEO -- Chief Embezzlement Officer.

          CFO -- Corporate Fraud Officer.

          BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.

          VALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling lower.

          P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their pants as the market keeps crashing.

          BROKER -- What my broker has made me.

          STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell.

          STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.

          STOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split your assets equally between themselves.

          FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected.

          MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks.

          CASH FLOW-- The movement your money makes as it disappears down the toilet.

          YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker for $240 per share.

          WINDOWS -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.

          INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's now locked up in a nuthouse.

          PROFIT -- An archaic word no longer in use.

          On The Job

          Technology and health care jobs score high for growth, pay, and satisfaction.  
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            Lying about your last salary is unwise, but experts say there's a more effective strategy. 
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            Ziggy

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